Bike Polo, Sacramento CA

A nice film on Bike Polo in Sacramento, CA.  It hits most of the high points about the culture: being with your friends, making new friends, playing across the world, enjoying the bicycle, having a drink (or two).  Good stuff.  

Bicycle Polo - Sacramento from Andrew Nixon on Vimeo.

Melbourne Bicycle Polo Video

This video was shot at the Australian Hardcourt Bicycle Polo Championships in November of 2009.   Produced by a kid's television program called "Totally Wild," it's a nice effort at highlighting most of the "hows" and "whys" of Hardcourt Bicycle Polo.  Not to mention, it features some of my favorite people, including Damon Rao.

Miss you guys. 

Milwaukee Bike Polo--Arrested!

 

The culprits....

I've really got very little commentary to add to this...just read the stories and enjoy the sheer ridiculous nature of the whole ordeal.  

From the MKE Bike Polo site

From the Milwaukee World Blog

A local Fox news story about the arrests:

 

 A fantastic video illustrating the beautiful tragedy of the whole thing:

Polo Badasses from Mr.Do on Vimeo.

The thread from bikepolo.ca 

 

Hilarious.

The 2009 London Bike Polo Tournament Final

Last weekend I had the pleasure of traveling to London for the Bicycle Film Festival and the accompanying Bike Polo Tournament. In advance of a longer post, I thought you might enjoy watching a video of the final game in the tournament:

Netto Superstars vs. Bad.

BFF 2009 Bike Polo Tournament Final from Iain Pate on Vimeo.

These guys can really swing mallets while riding their bikes.